Spatiotemporal variations in anthropogenic marine litter pollution along the northeast beaches of India

Mugilarasan, M.; Karthik, R.; Robin, R.S.; Subbareddy, B.; Hariharan, G.; Rohan, Sean K.; Jinoj, T.P.S.; Anandavelu, I.; Pugalenthi, P.; Ramachandran, Ramesh

doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2021.116954

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“…This could be due to a lack of social responsibility and public awareness concerning PPE disposal. This lack of environmental awareness among visitors to Indian beaches has been reported previously by many studies ( Sulochanan et al, 2019 ; Jeyasanta et al, 2020 ; Vidyasakar et al, 2020 ; Mugilarasan et al, 2021 ). There is a need to improve the waste management collection and disposal systems, which has been severely affected by COVID-19 pandemic and to encourage better waste management among the population.…”

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“…A large part of the population of India lives in coastal areas, which contribute to the production of large amounts of marine litter. Some of the research on debris monitoring evaluations carried out along different parts of the Indian shoreline indicates that ineffective waste management, principally in coastal region, as well as population behavior is one of the fundamental causes of marine litter pollution ( Sulochanan et al, 2019 ; Jeyasanta et al, 2020 ; Krishnakumar et al, 2020 ; Sathish et al, 2020 ; Vidyasakar et al, 2020 ; Mugilarasan et al, 2021 ). In India, the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was recorded in Kerala on January 30, 2020.…”

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Personal protective equipment (PPE) pollution driven by the COVID-19 pandemic in coastal environment, Southeast Coast of India

Kannan

Mghili

Saravanakumar

2022

Marine Pollution Bulletin

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confidence: 99%

Personal protective equipment (PPE) pollution driven by the COVID-19 pandemic in coastal environment, Southeast Coast of India

Kannan

Mghili

Saravanakumar

2022

Marine Pollution Bulletin

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“…The marine litter assessment study in India was began after 2010. Very limited studies were carried out the assessment of macro litters along the beaches of Indian coasts (Jayasiri et Mugilarasan et al, 2021). This type of investigation is especially of great concern, now, because the Gulf of Mannar marine environment with the chain of 21 islands is a Marine Biosphere Reserve with a Marine National Park hence bioaccumulation of micro litters in the marine organisms via food chain create severe impacts on biodiversity.…”

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Distribution and Abundance of Micro Litters in the Selected Beaches of Gulf of Mannar, India during August 2013 and February 2014

2022

MCMI

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Anthropogenic, non-degradable materials are well-known for fragmentation in the coastal and marine environments which lead to formation of micro litter particles. Due to the buoyant and persistent properties of micro litters, they have a potential to become widely dispersed in the coastal marine environment through the hydrodynamic processes and ocean currents. Ingestion of these micro litters in marine organisms has been reported hence they play a vital role in disturbances in the marine food webs.Therefore, we have assessed the distribution and abundance of micro litters in ten selected beaches along the Gulf of Mannar between Dhanuskodi and Thoothukudi, southeast coast of India during August 2013 and February 2014.Overall, the total micro litters segregated in the Gulf of Mannar were 27.9 item m 3 -1 . The sampling period wise record showed that August 2013 found highest record of 17.67 item m 3 -1 while it was only 10.23 item m 3 -1 in Feb. 2014. Overall Gulf of Mannar recorded >92.6% occurrences of both hard (40.5%) and soft (52.1%) plastic type micro litters, whereas no single record of litter types of glass and cloth type micro litters were noticed. Nevertheless, overall, 2.6-5.0 mm size groups accounted maximum numbers in the Gulf of Mannar beaches. As litter groups, overall mean abundance of all five micro litter categories were higher in Mugundarayar Chadram beach (17.0%) in Aug. 2013 and in Kundukal (15.2%) during Feb. 2014. As micro litter size categories, >10 mm sizes found to be dominated (1.56 item m 3 -1 ) in Muguntharayar Chadram beach and Pudumadam beach during Aug. 2013 and Feb. 2014, respectively. The present study concludes that, the abundance of micro litters found to be varied between surveys, beaches, litters' group and litters' sizes. The micro litters of soft (SP) and hard plastics (HP) contributed more than 92.6% and mostly by fragments of fishing nets, nylon ropes, food wrappers, plastic buoys etc. The present study concludes that there is a possibility of migration of micro litters to the coastal and coral reef environments of Gulf of Mannar due to hydrodynamic process thus enter the marine food chain including corals via engulfment as food materials. Therefore, a proper disposal plan should be followed to control solid waste management in the Coastal Marine Environment.

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“…For example, the density of AMD is high during the rainy season (December -May) in tropical countries (Sulochanan et al, 2019;Suteja et al, 2021), or increase in summer seasons of the northern and southern hemisphere (Asensio-Montesinos et al, 2019;de Ramos et al, 2021). Also, the increase of debris is influenced by the presence of river discharges (Lebreton et al, 2017;Sulochanan et al, 2019;Meijer et al, 2021;Mugilarasan et al, 2021) into the coastal areas, where another factor such as the presence of tourists (Garceś-Ordoñez et al, 2020b;Zalewska et al, 2021;Nigam et al, 2022) contribute to the total loads of AMD, entering into shore environments.…”

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A temporal assessment of anthropogenic marine debris on sandy beaches from Ecuador’s southern coast

Salazar

Gonzalez²,

Navarrete³

et al. 2022

Front. Mar. Sci.

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Anthropogenic marine debris (AMD) is an environmental pollution that affects marine life, human health, wellbeing, and the economy. This marine litter can deposit in the coastlines, particularly on tidal zones and beaches. To pursue future mitigation strategies to reduce AMD is important to monitor the amount, type and frequency of litter being dumped on shores. This study presents the composition, temporal distribution, abundance and size of AMD on three sandy beaches from Guayas province, Ecuador. The field data was recollected from December 2018 to February 2020. A total of 12,362 items of AMD were collected with an abundance of 1.95 macro-litter items/m2. The composition of AMD was marked by the predominance of plastic items (91.8%), followed by wood and cloth (1.9%), while cigarettes were only present in village beaches. Our results suggest that sites with more AMD abundance are beaches nearby small coastal villages and fishing communities. Also, the AMD abundance is slightly higher at the beginning of the dry season than in the rainy season. Our findings indicate that it is necessary to implement concerted solid waste management measures and proactive environmental education programs to empower the local population, as well as investigate the anthropogenic sources and other variables influencing the AMD abundance coming onto sandy shores.

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Spatiotemporal variations in anthropogenic marine litter pollution along the northeast beaches of India

Cited by 51 publications

References 83 publications

Personal protective equipment (PPE) pollution driven by the COVID-19 pandemic in coastal environment, Southeast Coast of India

Personal protective equipment (PPE) pollution driven by the COVID-19 pandemic in coastal environment, Southeast Coast of India

Distribution and Abundance of Micro Litters in the Selected Beaches of Gulf of Mannar, India during August 2013 and February 2014

A temporal assessment of anthropogenic marine debris on sandy beaches from Ecuador’s southern coast

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